Studying city ecologies is taboo?

On "Anthorpocene -- how will it unfold" thread Dinwar wrote:

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The analysis of some is essentially forbidden by our culture -- for example, I doubt any study on the ecology of cities would ever get funded, but it's going to become a major factor in the Anthropocene biosphere (cities are a new biome [or ecosystem if you prefer, but I don't, for reasons best left to a different discussion], one that will be unique to the Anthropocene, but most demand we address cities as merely destroying biomes).

Is this really true? The mere existence of city ecologies (or biomes) which feed on human detritus is not exactly denied -- I recall dioramas in New York State Museum in Albany which showed "life in the buroughs". Why would studying them be so controversial?

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